CVE-2024-0453 AI ChatBot <= 5.3.4 - Missing Authorization via openai_file_delete_callback

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can delete files from a linked OpenAI account due to missing capability checks in the AI ChatBot plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0453?

CVE-2024-0453 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in quantumcloud WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The AI ChatBot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the openai_file_delete_callback function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete files from a linked OpenAI account.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0453?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Quantumcloud Wpbot.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0453?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-0453 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0453 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h93v-cpw2-8m3x.

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